Attachment for hair-clippers



(No Model.)

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No. 530,984. Patented Dec. 18, 1894.

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CHARLES C. BECHS'IEDT, OF HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT.

ATTACHMENT FOR HAIR-CLIPPERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 530,984, dated December 18, 1894.

Application filed April 26, 1894. Serial No. 509,131- (No model.) I

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES O. Bncnsrnn'r, a citizen of the United States, residing at Hartford, in the county of Hartford and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Attachments for Hair-Clippers, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to those devices which are attached to hair clippers for mechanically gaging the length of the cut; and the object is to provide a simple and cheap device of this class which can be made to be readily attachable to any ofthe common forms of hair clippers, the construction being such that the attachment can be quickly and uniformly adjusted when the clipper is being used'so as to regularly gage the parts to properly cut the hair in a tapering, even, or a Pompadour style on a smoothly shaped head or a head that has hollows and bumps. v

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side View of ahair clipper of ordinary form and construction provided with the attachment, the latter being shown as ready for use. Fig. 2 is a side view of the same with the attachment thrown up out of the way, as for cleaning the clipper or for using it without the aid of the attachment. Fig. 3 is a front view of the clipper with the attachment thrown up out of the way, as in Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a section through the spinthe hair.

dle that bears the cams for adjusting the at-.

tachment, and Fig. 5 is a detail enlarged View illustrating the construction of the comb plate used on the attachment. I

In the views 1 indicates an ordinary hair clipper having the usual shaped handles 2,

with the common cutter plate 3 and cutters 4:,that reciprocate across the plate for cutting These parts are held together by the ordinary pivot screw 5 which, when the clipper is to be provided with my attachment, is loosened up so that the cross bar 6 of the frame of the attachment may be slipped beneath its head, and when this screw is tightened the frame, which may be provided with ears 7 that rest against the sides of the body of the clipper, is firmly secured in place. a

The side walls 8 of the frame at their outer ends are provided with studs or pivots that ings inthe side walls 9 of this movable frame being made in the form of slots 10 so that the movable frame may have a reciprocating movement with relation to the fixed frame as Well as an oscillation on the pivotal studs.

Connected between a cross plate 11, that joins the side walls of the movable frame, and a rod 12, that joins the side walls of the fixed frame, is a spring 13 which holds the movable I frame when opened upright out of position for use but which holds the movable frame when itis turned down in position for use back against the adjusting mechanism on the fixed frame.

One end of the movable frame is usually provided with hooks or projections 14 adapted to make contact with the adjusting cam spindle when the movable frame is turned up so as to be out of position for use, while near the other end the movable frame bears a comb plate 15, which comb plate is preferably adjustably attached to the ends of the side walls. v

I prefer to pivot the arms 16 of the comb plate to the ends of the movable frame and provide a set screw 17 for one of the arms 16, which set screw may move in a slot formed in an arm 18 that projects from one side of form concaved depressions between each of the ridges, as shown in Fig. 5.

Supported by the walls 7 of the fixed frame is a spindle 20, that bears on the outside of the Walls of the frame cams 21, these cams being keyed to the spindle so as to rotate when 5 the handle 22 of the spindle is turned. This spindle bears a sliding clutch block 23 that has ratchet teeth adapted to engage with ratchet teeth formed on the end of the sleeve 24, a spring 25 normally thrusting this clutch I00 block into engagement with the toothed end of the sleeve. This sleeve 24= bearsa cam 26 and a toothed wheel 27 that is engaged by a pawl 28 to provide a friction for the sleeve and to prevent its moving when it is desired that it shall remain stationary.

The clutch block 23 slides on the spindle in a shell 29, but a pin passing through the shell, spindle and slot in the clutch block causes these parts to rotate together while leaving the block free to reciprocate its teeth into and out of engagement with the teeth on the end of the sleeve 24.

On the cross plate 11 of the movable frame is placed a contact block 30 that engages with the front of the cam 26 on the sleeve 24, when the movable frame is down and the attachment in position for use, and on the side walls of the movable frame are blocks 31 that engage the under edges of the cams 21 on the spindle when the attachment is in position for use. When the clipper attachment is in position to be used and these blocks 30 and 31 are in engagement with the cams 26 and 21, the turning of the handle 22 in one direction rotates the cams 21 only, which causes the movable frame to adjust itself vertically or reciprocate on the fixed frame, the spring holding the blocks against the cams so that thecomb plate is moved nearer to or farther from the cutter plate of the clipper according to the position of the cams to adjust the attachment for cutting the desired length of hair; but when the handle 22 is turned in the opposite direction, the teeth of the clutch block 23 and the sleeve 24 are engaged so as to rotate the cam 26, and this causes the movable frame to oscillate on its pivot, the spring, of course, holding the block 30 against the cam 26, and when the frame oscillates on its pivot the comb plate is carried toward the front or toward the rear of the clipper, according to the desire of the operator as his judgment dictates for the proper use of the clipper on the surface he is operating upon.

This attachment can be readily formed so as to be attached to any common form of clipper, and it can be quickly thrown up out of the way or drawn down into position for use. When in use, the operator, by turning the handle in one direction, may gradually lower or raise the comb plate from or toward bottom of the comb plate with the concaved recesses between the ridges provides a shape which does not knock down the hair, but parts the hair and throws it out without matting it down so it can be nicely cut.

The

spring which connects the movable frame with the fixed frame, while allowing the position of the former to be instantly changed, holds the frame out of the way when it is turned up and also holds it when the frame is turned down with the blocks against the cams, so that the frame is adjustable vertically when the cams are turned for such adjustment, and also holds it so that the frame will oscillate when the proper cam is turned.

I claim as my invention 1. In combination with a clipper, a frame detachably secured to the clipper, a frame movably connected to the fixed frame, a comb plate borne by the movable frame, and cams borne by the fixed frame engaging parts on the movable frame for adjusting the movable frame, substantially as specified.

2. In combination with a clipper, a frame detachably secured to the clipper, a frame movably connected with the fixed frame, a comb plate adjustable with relation to the movable frame by which it is borne, cams borne by the fixed frame engaging parts on the movable frame for adjusting the movable frame, and a clamp screw for holding the adjustable comb plate, substantially as specified.

3. In combination with a clipper, a frame detachably secured to the clipper, a frame movably connected with the fixed frame, and a comb plate pivoted to the movable frame, substantially as specified.

4. In combination with a clipper, a frame detachably secured to the clipper, a frame pivoted to the fixed frame and bearing a comb plate, and mechanism for oscillating the movable frame, substantially as specified.

5. In combination with a clipper, a frame detachably secured to the clipper, a frame having areciprocating movement on the fixed frame and bearing a comb plate, and mechanism for reciprocating the movable frame, substantially as specified.

6. In combination with a clipper, a frame detachably secured to theclipper, a frame bearing a comb plate, said latter frame having an oscillating and also a reciprocating movement on the fixed frame, and mechanism for oscillating and reciprocating the movable frame, substantially as specified.

7. In combination with a clipper, a frame detachably secured to the clipper, a frame having an oscillating and a reciprocating CHARLES O. BECHSTEDT.

Witnesses:

H. H. WILLIAMS, E. J. HYDE. 

